Aer Lingus’s head of digital marketing Derek Liddy has been appointed as the new president of the Association of Advertisers in Ireland (AAI), the body which lobbies on behalf of advertisers and promotes their interests nationally. Liddy has over 20 years’ experience in developing digital strategies and marketing, as well as TV and video communications. […]
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Carr now in driving seat at Accenture Interactive
Richard Carr has been promoted to managing director of Accenture Interactive in Ireland and chief executive officer of Rothco, where he was managing director, as part of a management reshuffle. Patrick Hickey, the agency’s CEO, has been made executive chairman, while head of strategy Paul Hughes is retiring from adland to focus on his work […]
Government asked to reform RTÉ over ad ban
Communicorp Media, the parent company of Newstalk which is owned by businessman Denis O’Brien, has called on the new Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport & the Gaeltacht Catherine Martin TD, to take action to reform RTÉ. The call comes following RTÉ’s decision to refuse to broadcast an ad for Newstalk on its TV […]
Sky Q adds new box features
Sky has added new features to Sky Q in the biggest change to the award-winning box since launch. A new expanded view UI, new show and sports centres, intuitive smart buttons and improved voice discovery will make it subscribers easier to browse, find and watch content in one place. Disney+ will also be available in […]
Verve’s owl time reminders on shopping local
Rare Owl Times is a mini-series centred around some Dublin Owl Ones and Owl Fellas, based on characters synonymous with the streets of the capital. They tell tales and use Dublinisms, as viewers find them frequenting a new local business in each episode. Each one ends with a reminder to shop local just like ‘Dubs’ […]
Virgin boss Hanway points out media anomalies
In a submission to an Oireachtas committee on the impact of Covid-19 on the Ireland’s arts and entertainment sector, Virgin Media chief executive Tony Hanway said that while his company endorses the role of radio in Ireland, an anomaly has arisen in that the medium is getting Government support at a faster rate than TV […]
Kiely to launch TV venture in September
Former Virgin Media Television CEO Pat Kiely plans to launch his new TV content business working with media investors and brand owners in the autumn. In an interview on RTÉ Radio 1’s The Business show with Richard Curran, Kiely said he was moving into an area of the business which will afford new opportunities beyond […]
BGE seeks support for Focus’s Shine a Light
Focus Ireland and Bord Gáis Energy (BGE) are calling on people throughout Ireland to give one night and sleep out to Shine a Light on homelessness and raise funds to help the charity’s vital services. As a result of the Covid-19 impact on communities across Ireland, the 8,876 people currently without a home are more […]
Webb takes legal action against Buckley
Former Independent News & Media (INM) executive Joe Webb has filed a lawsuit against the group’s former chairman Leslie Buckley. The action being taken by Webb, a former managing director of the news group’s Ireland division, who is now the COO at agency group Dentsu Aegis, relates to an alleged data breach six years ago, […]
Thinkhouse part of effort to lower emissions
Dublin youth specialist agency Thinkhouse is among the companies from across Ireland and the UK’s creative industries to come together to launch The Great Reset, an initiative that hopes to maintain and promote the positive behaviours and environmental shifts created during lockdown. Global emissions are down by seven per cent since lockdown began. The UN […]
Verve bags 18 gongs at APMC Star awards
Events and activations agency Verve won 18 trophies in this year’s APMC Star Awards, which due to the current pandemic restrictions, were hosted virtually by 2FM’s Tara Stewart. Verve, which is run by Ronan Traynor with offices in Dublin, London and Amsterdam, picked up gongs across 12 categories, including 10 gold, five silver and two […]
Kellogg gets GAA Cúl Camps up and running
Former Donegal GAA star and TG4 Cúl Camps TV show coach, Kevin Cassidy was on hand, with his children Aoife, Nia and Fionn, to launch the Kellogg’s GAA Cúl Camps on-pack competition. Kellogg, now in its ninth year sponsoring the Kellogg’s GAA Cúl Camps, has launched the on-pack promotion for clubs across the country with […]
Facebook ad boycott could badly hit retailers
The impact of the Facebook ad ban on the brands boycotting the platform in July in protest over its posting of unsafe content may have an immediate negative impact which will be felt most strongly by retailers, a sector already under pressure from the pandemic, a study by researchers at Saïd Business School at the […]
